OpenClaw < 2026.3.25 - Privilege Escalation via Silent Local Shared-Auth Reconnect | Advisories

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OpenClaw < 2026.3.25 - Privilege Escalation via Silent Local Shared-Auth Reconnect

severity: high
date: 4/9/2026
Affecting: OpenClaw < 2026.3.25
CVE: CVE-2026-35625
CWE: CWE-648: Incorrect Use of Privileged APIs
CVSS: 8.5
CVSS V4 Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
References: GitHub Security Advisory (GHSA-fqw4-mph7-2vr8)
Patch Commit
Credit: Peng Zhou (@zpbrent)
Description: OpenClaw before 2026.3.25 contains a privilege escalation vulnerability where silent local shared-auth reconnects auto-approve scope-upgrade requests, widening paired device permissions from operator.read to operator.admin. Attackers can exploit this by triggering local reconnection to silently escalate privileges and achieve remote code execution on the node.

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